Check out the 5 tier red cake with gold scrolls in my gallery. I tinted royal icing golden yellow, piped it on the cake using a scroll press to mark indentations (I don't trust my freehand at 3 am ) and after it crusted over for a bit, I went back and painted it with gold luster dust mixed with a bit of vodka to make a nice paint. It's kinda hard to see in the pic, but it was gold. It could have been a little more gold if I mixed the dust thicker, but it still looked really good.

When you do your scrolls do you use buttercream or Royal? I have always used buttercream and just curious if thats what people use. My scroll work is not very good freehand but I just bought a pattern I am going to try out for practice for a wedding. Thanks

It sounds like it's wet to me. Since she said it would take a lot of time and patience. If it was dry, I wouldn't think that you could just paint and be done. But if it was wet, you would want to make sure that everything looks the same.

Check out the 5 tier red cake with gold scrolls in my gallery. I tinted royal icing golden yellow, piped it on the cake using a scroll press to mark indentations (I don't trust my freehand at 3 am ) and after it crusted over for a bit, I went back and painted it with gold luster dust mixed with a bit of vodka to make a nice paint. It's kinda hard to see in the pic, but it was gold. It could have been a little more gold if I mixed the dust thicker, but it still looked really good.